Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Targeting aberrant DNA methylation in mesenchymal stromal cells as a treatment for myeloma bone disease

  • Antonio Garcia-Gomez,
  • Tianlu Li,
  • Carlos de la Calle-Fabregat,
  • Javier Rodríguez-Ubreva,
  • Laura Ciudad,
  • Francesc Català-Moll,
  • Gerard Godoy-Tena,
  • Montserrat Martín-Sánchez,
  • Laura San-Segundo,
  • Sandra Muntión,
  • Xabier Morales,
  • Carlos Ortiz-de-Solórzano,
  • Julen Oyarzabal,
  • Edurne San José-Enériz,
  • Manel Esteller,
  • Xabier Agirre,
  • Felipe Prosper,
  • Mercedes Garayoa,
  • Esteban Ballestar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20715-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have been shown to support multiple myeloma (MM) development. Here, MSCs isolated from the bone marrow of MM patients are shown to have altered DNA methylation patterns and a methyltransferase inhibitor reverts MM-associated bone loss and reduces tumour burden in MM murine models.